severe punishment; rigorous measures
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
gazing at (in wonderment)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
all but dead; half killed
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
secret; private; surreptitious
to put into effect; to put into practice
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
preliminary step; first step
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
to show up; to appear; to turn up
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
soldier; combatant; warrior
carving; engraving; chiselled features
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
carnivore; carnivorous animal
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)